This simple blog gives informal updates of some of our activities. For information about being in the outdoors with myself or other qualified IFMGA guides who work with me, or for industrial work at height feel free to contact me - email: info@teamascent.co.uk

Friday, 27 August 2010

Corma di Machaby setorre Casa Fara, Italy

Alex on the 5a pitchPouring rain in Chamonix today so we beat it through the Mont Blanc tunnel and once west of Aosta we found dry rock. A technical day coaching rock climbing and belaying skills. This climb is the 10 pitch 300m Lo Dzerby first ascent in 1992 by T. Sacchet and C. Prina

Alex leading one of the technical pitches

Alex on the 5c pitch

We enjoyed perfect weather on this multi pitched climb, then drove back and encountered a two hour tail back at the Mont Blanc tunnel and very wet weather in Courmayeur. I have just had news that they have had to stop the North Face ultra - around Mont Blanc race - due to a landslide!

About Me

Sandy is a qualified International Mountain Guide and has guided world wide from gentle walks to technical climbs and 8000 meter summits, including Mount Everest where he was the fifth Scottish man to climb the mountain and also made the first ascent of Lhotse West summit. Sandy was the first Scot to climb Nanga Parbat in Pakistan and in 2012 he made the first ascent of the incredible Mazeno Ridge and has written a book ,"In Some Lost Place" about this expedition. Based in Newtonmore, Scotland he also spends a lot of time in Chamonix, France and many mountain places inbetween. Team Ascent is managed from our Newtonmore base. Sandy is also an IRATA assessor and Team Leader, providing assistance and consultancy services in difficult to reach and awkward "work at height" locations utilising techniques developed from his passion in climbing and mountaineering. You can get in touch with Sandy by email : info@teamascent.co.uk